Kosmos

Culture, travel, fashion and culinary delights: the Kosmos pages of Lufthansa Magazin bring you interesting and useful tidbits from around the world

Celebrating with style

A beach party in the mountains? That’s not everyone’s idea of après-ski. If you’re looking for a place to chill, enjoy some jazz or go all-out glamorous, check out these three locations.

Beach Mood at Altitude

If the après-ski music at the Kristalhütte in Zillertal sounds suspiciously like the legendary Café del Mar compilations, it’s because that‘s what is: DJs from the Balearic Islands often play here in the Austrian Alps. Equally fantastic: the view from nearly 2200 meters up.

Wild or Relaxed

Dance, house, electro: The Archiv Bar in Lech am Arlberg is just the place to party the night away, whereas at the Fux, you can enjoy a fireside evening of sophisticated jazz with Scotch, wines and cigars laid on.

All in the Name

At King’s Club, the legendary disco in the noble ski resort St. Moritz, the champagne flows freely for an international crowd of stars, who come to see and be seen. But to make it past the bouncers at this exclusive nightspot in the elegant Badrutt’s Palace Hotel, they have to be dressed appropriately.

Simply sacred

A crumpled paper cube inspired the architects at S.M.A.O. to create a postmodern chapel in Spain. It is completely empty so that visitors can devote themselves to the effect of its quirky shape – and their faith.

Culture clash

The cherry blossom is the symbol of Japanese culture. Today, it is celebrated the world over.

Bento, beer & sake

The Japanese start celebrating the cherry blossom in late March with hanami, a traditional picnic in the park. Spots beneath the loveliest trees are highly coveted and often reserved with plastic tarps first thing in the morning.

North german privilege

Hamburg, Melbourne and Washington are the only cities outside of Japan that are permitted to crown an official cherry blossom princess. Hamburg, which has 5000 Japanese flowering cherry trees, puts on a grand firework display in May.

Southern belle

Macon, a small town in the U.S. state of Georgia, is the unofficial cherry blossom capital of the world. Starting in mid-March, it is engulfed in a sea of blossoms. The Cherry Blossom Festival includes concerts, parades and an air show.

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